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Recent Achievements

Angel Island Immigration Station was awarded National Historic Landmark status in 1997. As a result, a historic three-party agreement was signed between the California Department of Parks and Recreation, the National Park Service and AIISF to work together to preserve and restore the Immigration Station. AIISF has also forged a partnership with the National Trust for Historic Preservation.

In 1999 the Immigration Station was named by the National Trust as one of “America’s 11 Most Endangered Historic Places” and became an official project of Save America’s Treasures, a partnership between the National Trust and the White House Millennium Council. Highlights of AIISF’s relationship with Save America’s Treasures include a visit by First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton and more than $250,000 in donations and pledges raised by SAT for Angel Island. In Fall 2006, Angel Island Immigration Station was one of 25 Bay Area historical sites selected in the Partners in Preservation program, a partnership with American Express and the National Trust. Angel Island recieved the second highest number of votes and received $84,000 for the restoration efforts.

AIISF has been successful in bringing the plight of the Immigration Station to the attention of the state and federal governments. The California state legislature allocated $400,000 for site work in 1999 and California voters approving $15 million for preservation in Proposition 12, the state park bond passed in March 2000. In addition, California Cultural and Historical Endowment (CCHE) has awarded $3.6 million in funding for the Angel Island Immigration Station in the first distribution cycle of Proposition 40 bond funds. The funding will be used for the renovation and preservation of the historic Hospital structure and interpretive exhibits in the Barracks.

AIISF was also awarded a $500,000 Department of the Interior Save America’s Treasures grant, which will be used for poem conservation. In 2005, President Bush signed the Angel Island Immigration Station Preservation and Restoration Act (H.R. 606/S.262), authorizes up to $15 million to be appropriated for the restoration and preservation effort.